Frantic family performed CPR after boy was found in trunk of car
By Michael Tsai
Advertiser Staff Writer
A 4-year-old boy died this afternoon after he was found in the trunk of a car on Ibis Avenue in Iroquois Point.
The boy was apparently in the trunk for up to an hour, according to Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Earle Kealoha.
Neighbors saw the boy riding his bicycle on the street outside the home this morning.
One neighbor, who asked not to be identified, said she was unaware that anything was wrong until the boy’s grandfather came looking for him around 1 p.m. More than an hour later, neighbors saw the boy’s uncle carrying the child and pleading for anyone who knew CPR to help.
The boy’s family eventually took him back into the house and performed CPR while a neighbor called 911.
Firefighters arrived within 5 to 10 minutes and EMS personnel shortly thereafter. EMS crews continued CPR for 5 minutes before taking the boy to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The car in which the boy was found, a brown Honda Civic, sat outside the family home tonight, its doors unlocked and one window partially lowered.
Neighbors said the boy, known to them only as Brayden, frequently rode his bicycle with other young children in the neighborhood. They said he lived with his mother, grandparents and two uncles.